Corner piece for rugs



Aug. 31,1926. 1,598,127

. J. G. FLEMING CORNER PIECE FOR RUGS Filed Jan. 18,v 1926 Patented Ang. 3l, 1926.

' UNITED, STATES JANET e. EIEIIING, or RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

CORNER PIECE Foa aUGs.

Application -ledllanuary 18,1926. Serial No. 81,887.

This invention relates to corner pieces for rugs to prevent curling of the corners of the rufrs. l

Tt iswell'known that many makes of rugs,

`particularly Persian rugs, curl at the corners. This curling is especially noticeable and objectionable when the rugs are laid on' hardwood iiools. Corner pieces have heretofore been provided that ar'e either sewed or otherwise permanently secured to the rug, and an object of this invention is to provide a corner piece 'that can be quickly pinned to the-rug and that cannot be displaced o'r shaken off ofthe rug.

A further object of the invention `is to produce a corner piece that will tend to prevent slipping of the rugr on a polishedy floor while at the same time preventing curling of the corners of the rug.-

Other objects and advantages will appear in the subjoined detailed description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure lis a bottom View of a corner piece for rugs' constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention, a fragment of the rug to which the corner piece is attached also being shown. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation on the line indicated by 2-2, Fig. 1.

Figure 3 isr a perspective view of the corner 4piece showing the two sections of ivhich' -it may be constructed.

Figurel 4 is a sectional elevation on`the line indicated by 4-4, of Fig. 3. The body 5 of the corner piece is constructed of suitable soft, iexible and resilient material. For example,` it may be constructedin whole or in part of rubber. In the instance. shown in the drawings, rubber layers of plies are indicated Aat 6, 7 andil? and fabric layers or plies at 8, 9. The fabric provides for greater durability as it insures against tearing of the rubber.` The body may have a lining of cloth on its upper face, ifdesired, but is shown without such' lining.

The body 5' has two edges at substantially 'a right angle to each other and the edge joining said right angle edges may be curved or otherwise. This provides the body with an intermediate corner portion l0 and end portions 11 that are positioned -at points that, when connected [with the corner portion 10, produce a triangle.v At

- these portions are secured pins 12, 13, the

heads of the pins being at the points of the triangle. The pin 12 is secured to the corner portion 10 and points inwardly along a line that is 'substantially midway` between the end portions 11. The pins 13,' of which there are two, are secured to theend p0rtions 11 and point toward the corner portion 10. Thus the pins 13 are opposed to the pin 12 and this is important as. it prevents the corner piece from coming loose from the rug to which it is secured by the pms.

To secure the corner piece on the corner of a rug, a fragment of which `is` indicated at a in Fig. 1, the pin 1-2 will be .caused to penetrate the under face of the rug in such manner'that the right angle edges of the corner piece lie a triiie inside of but lquite close to the .rug edges. Care should .be used to avoid having the pin 12 penetrate to the upper face of the rug and the pinning will preferably be effected by weaving the pin in and out of the rug fabric as the pin is being pushed into place.

After the pin 12 'has been thus secured to the rug the operator will grasp that portion of the rug, that liesV adjacent to the head of one of the pins 13,-between the thumb and foreiinger so as to indicate where said head is to be positioned after the pin is in place in the rug, and he will-then wrinkle or full the rug sufficiently between his thumb and the adjacent corner of the rug 'to cause the point of the pin 13 to penetrate lthat portion of the rug that is held between his foreiinger and thumb, weaving the pin 13 in and out of the fabric of the rug `until the rug lies smooth against the upper surface of the crner piece. He will then proceed in the same manner to attach the other pin 13 to the .rug and it will then be impossible for the corner piece tobecome detached from,- the rub unless the rug is wrinkled or puckered between the bases of the pins 12, 13.

The pins 12, 13 may be secured to the body 5 in any suitable manner and, in the present instance, thesecuring is efected by shownin Fig. 8, in which instance the upper section 15 has the rubber layer 6 and fabric layer 8 and the lower section 16 has the rubber layers 7, 17 and fabric layer 9. The recesses 141 are in the section 16 and the pins 12, A13 project from the upper face of the section 15 arallel to the body and pass through sai section so that the heads 14 lie adjacent to the under face of said section l5.y The sections 15, 16 are firmly fixed to each other and this may be done by gluing or vulcanizing the sections together. This described construction of the body 5y is but one of several that may be employed, and in the manufacture thereof it may be found advisable to build up the body more after the manner employed in the manufacture of automobile tires.

It will be understood that four corner pieces'will be required for each rug, one at each corner of the rug,and it will be readily understood from the foregoing that the cor-l ner pieces are quickly attached to the rug without the necessity of sewing so that, when it is desired to have the rug cleaned, the corner piecesv maybe very quickly re moved and then later almost as quickly replaced.

The heads of the pins l12, 13 are actually embedded in the body 5 so that they can do no harm to any polished Hoor on which the rug may be placed and the body 5 is of soft material so that anyone walking on thatportion of the rug immediately over the portions of the pins 12, 13 that protrude from the body 5 will simply press said portions into the yielding body 5, thus preventing excessive Wear of those portions of the rug lying over the pins.

The rubber layer 17, forming the bottoir4A face of the body 5, may be constructed in a manner to increase the non-slipping effect of the rubber on a polished floor and, in this instance, the under face of the layer 17 is provided "with grooves 18,4 some of said grooves running at right angles to others, as j clearly shown in Fig. 1. The layer 17 may body, and pins fixed at one end to the body,A

the heads of the pins being at the points of a triangle, one of the pins positioned to point inwardly and lie approximately midway of the other pins, and said other pins pointing in a direction opposed to that of the first mentioned pin.

2. A corner piece for rugscomprising a body, and pins provided with heads embedded in said body, said pins projecting from the body and lying approximately parallel thereto, the points of some of said pins extending in directions which are opposed to the direction of the point 'of another of said pins.

3. A corner piece for rugs comprising a body, and pins projecting from the body and having angular heads embedded in said body, two of said pins projecting in a direction which is opposed to the direction in y which the other ofvsaid pis extends.

4. A corner piece for rugs comprised 4of laminated sheets of material, pins having heads which are anchored between the laminations, the points of some of said pins extending in a direction which is opposed to the direction in which the point of another of said pins extends.

Signed at Los Angeles Calif. this 8 day of January, 1926.

JANET 'FLEMINGL 

